Drying rack



JulyJZO, 1937.

D. J. FOSS DRYING RACK Filed Sept. 15, 1936 Patented July 20, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

My invention relates to improvements in drying racks, and its principal object is to provide a novel device capable of quick attachment toand removal from radiators, registers, stoves and other heating units, for warming or drying all kinds of cloth articles, such as bath, face, and tea towels, or any other thing that may be hung upon it. It can also be equipped and used in connection with an electric resistance unit when other kinds of heating apparatus are not available where it may be attached.

My device is preferably made materials, either tubular or solid and is so arranged that one half of it can be attached independently and be sustained horizontally and vertically and in a vertical plane when only a part thereof is used, as in Fig. 2, or when the complete unit is used, it may be adjustable to any desired width by telescopic or other equivalent means.

It is attachable to any ordinary heating unit, and is so constructed that the goods supporting cross rods can be adjusted and secured at different angles of elevation so as to occupy and fit within any desired space, and keep damp or wet articles from coming into contactwith the heating unit, and thus prevent rusting of the metal parts or soiling of the cloth.

The simplicity and adaptability and utility of my invention can readily be seen from the accompanying drawing which illustrates it. Referring thereto, Fig. 1 is a perspective view of one form of my invention shown attached to a radiator such as commonly used.

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing only one half of the supporting members in use, and Fig. 3 is a view in detail of the attaching and supporting means preferably employed, enlarged.

In the drawing, A indicates the heating unit to which the drying rack is secured in position by the rod 1 extended thru the radiator A, into engagement with the rear plate F, by the thumbscrew 17, shown in Fig. 3. B, B are supporting arms adapted to swing vertically, and are seated in the sockets s, on the pivot 11, best shown in Fig. 3. When the entire frame is employed the supporting cross rods D, D are lengthwise adjustable by the telescopic connection shown in Fig. 1,

of rust-proof and are endwise secured to the arms B, B, respectively by the thumb-screws b, b.

The arms B, B are pivotally supported at different angles of elevation by a lock pin 9 extended thru the ears e, e, which project from the block E-the pin engaging any one of a series of notches g in the terminus of the adjacent arm B when seated in the socket s, as shown in Fig. 3, the arms being freely removable from the blocks thru the open notches in the ears, as aforesaid. The means for adjustably hinging the arms B on the blocks E, may be modified without depart- E ing from the invention if fairly within its scope.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is- 1. A rack for warming and drying clothes in front of a heating unit, comprising, in combination, a block attached to the heating unit having a terminal socket, a pair of ears extending from the socket, and spaced apart a limited distance, a vertical notch in the ears opening outwardly from a pivot seat therein, a pin stop extending transversely through the ears behind the pivot seat, an arm fulcrumed in the pivot seat, adapted to swing vertically and closely between the ears to prevent twisting movement of the arm, a ratchet in the arm adapted to engage the pin stop when the arm is seated in the socket, the arm being freely removable therefrom, and a plurality of rods extending horizontally from the arm and secured thereto, substantially as set forth.

2. In a rack for drying and warming clothes, attached to a heating unit, the combination, comprising a pair of anchor blocks each having a terminal socket, a pair of cars extending from each socket spaced apart a limited distance, a vertical notch in each block, opening outwardly from a pivot seat therein, a stopbetween the ears behind thepivot seat, a pair of arms ful crumed in the seats, respectively, each adapted to swing vertically between the ears, a ratchet in each arm adapted to engage the adjacent stop when the arm is seated in the socket, the arm being freely removable therefrom, and a plu-, rality of rods extending horizontally between the arms and removably securedthereto, substantially as set forth.

. DONALD J. FOSS. 

